Sander for vehicles.



A. R. MORRISSEY.

SANDER FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1915.

Patented Feb. 27, 1917.

MZVkWZ ATTORNEY ARTHUR R. -MOBRISSEY, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOROF'O N E-TH IRD To "EDWARD It. GERBER, QF'KING CQUNTY, WASHINGTON. '1 Y1 SANDER ron vEH'rc Es.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR R; Monnrssn'r, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Seattle, in the county of King and State ofWashington, have invented certain 'new and useful Improvements inSanders for Yehicles, ofwhich the following is a fulhtrue,

and exact specification.

Myinvention relates to sanders for veline"with and just in front of therear or. traction wheels 13 of the vehicle. The opening of the valve 7by the driver allows 'the' sandto flow by gravity upon the roadway just.in front of the wheels, thus providing a good traction surface andpreventing sliphicles and more particularly to sanders for use on'automobiles, trucks and the like and has for its principal object toprovide a device for spreading sand or the like in front of the tractionwheels of a vehicle to reventthe wheels from slipping orskiddlng. Afurther object is. to rovide a control which is'operable from te-drivers seat of thevehicle. A further object is to provide a means forautomatically screening out the larger particles from the sand as it ispoured into the device.

Other objects will appear as'my' invention is more fully explained inthe following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand pointed out in the appended claim.-

In the drawings, Figure 1 "is a perspective view of my device shown inposition to apply sand infront of an auto wheel. Fig.

- a sand receptacle which "is adapted to have.

' l similar to those of Fig. 1' j While I have shown a particular formof p embodiment of my invention, I am aware that many minor changestherein will 2 is'a side elevation of .a preferred form of an airpressure feed.

Referring more particularly to-the drawings, numeral 1 indicates areceptacle hav-;, ing a false or raised bottom 2 so as to form twosloping hoppers, one on either side of the receptacle 1. Receptacle 1 isprovided with a screen or sieve 3 secured to a frame 4;. The screenis'held on to the top of recep-* receptacle 1 are adapted to be used tofas-- tacle 1 by-lugs-5. Lugs 6 upstanding from ten the device to theframe orbo'ttomof the chassis of an automobile or the like. 'All that isnecessary in filling receptacle 1 is to 'upon the receptacle. Valves 7",one on either I, j g Patented Feb. 2'7, 1917. Application filed ma as,1915'. Seria1No..30,288.

[STA ES ENT- @FIFCE- side of receptacle 1 and communicating diping orskidding of the wheels. The skidding of automobiles is very injurious totires and dangerous'tothe safety of the occupants of the car. Apreferred form of my device as shown in Fig. 2 comprises a -1'.eceptacle 1% similar to receptacle 1 having Y'rect' with the'hoppers, arefitted with 1e,- vers ,8, a .connectingrod 9 and a common either anairtight cover'15 and air connection 17 into pipe 12, the object ineither case being to force the sand to flow bymeans of 'tion 16 abovethe screen or an'air connecreceptacle above the sand and inthe second tothe distributing pipes 18 below the valve 19. The other features of thedevice are readily suggest themselves to others skilled in' the artwithout departing from the spirit out 'in the appended claim.

Having described my 1nve ntion ,.-what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent, is- I The combination with a motor dmvenvehicle havmg an air compressor of an, air

tight hoppered sand receptacle removably,

attachable to said vehicle and having'pipes positioned to discharge thecontents ofthe I said receptacle in the path of the said wheels andhaving valves in the said pipes, a pipe joining the sald compressor andthe top of the sand receptacle, whereby air. under-pres-v sure isadmitted above the surface of the sand in the receptacle for the purposeof forcing the sand from the said receptacle,

ARTHUR R. MORRISSEY.

